-ense
Translingual
Suffix
-enseCategory:Translingual non-lemma forms#ENSECategory:Translingual suffix forms#ENSECategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#ENSECategory:Italian learned borrowings from Latin#ENSECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ENSE -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also the inherited Italian doublet -eseCategory:Italian doublets#ENSE.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ense m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ensi)Category:Italian lemmas#ENSECategory:Italian suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian adjective-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian epicene suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Italian masculine and feminine suffixes by sense#ENSECategory:Italian masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE or
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ensi)Category:Italian lemmas#ENSECategory:Italian suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian noun-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian countable suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Italian masculine and feminine suffixes by sense#ENSECategory:Italian masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Italian suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
- used to create adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like parmense, from Parma or statunitense, from Stati Uniti
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References
Anagrams
Latin
Suffix
-ēnseCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ENSECategory:Latin suffix forms#ENSECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#ENSECategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#ENSECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ENSE -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -êsCategory:Portuguese doublets#ENSE.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ense m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -enses)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ENSECategory:Portuguese suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese adjective-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese epicene suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Portuguese masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE or
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enses)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ENSECategory:Portuguese suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese noun-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese countable suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Portuguese masculine and feminine suffixes by sense#ENSECategory:Portuguese masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
- forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place
- forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”
- Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“of or relating to Berlin”)
Usage notes
The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:
- ⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩
- ⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩
- ⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
- ⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
- ⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
- ⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩
- ⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-bili-⟩
- ⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-ci-⟩
- ⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-ense”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “-ense”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#ENSECategory:Spanish learned borrowings from Latin#ENSECategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ENSE -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -ésCategory:Spanish doublets#ENSE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈense/ [ˈẽn.se]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ENSECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ENSE
- Rhymes: -enseCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ense#ENSECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ense/2 syllables#ENSE
- Syllabification: -en‧se
Suffix
-ense m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -enses)Category:Spanish lemmas#ENSECategory:Spanish suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish adjective-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish epicene suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Spanish masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enses)Category:Spanish lemmas#ENSECategory:Spanish suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish noun-forming suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish countable suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ENSECategory:Spanish masculine and feminine suffixes by sense#ENSECategory:Spanish masculine suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish feminine suffixes#ENSECategory:Spanish suffixes with multiple genders#ENSECategory:Pages with entries#ENSECategory:Pages with 5 entries#ENSE
- forms adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like estadounidense, from Estados Unidos
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “-ense”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025